Viking Cylinders - UltraLightweight Propane Cylinders with Visible Propane Level

[khantroll]

Hi All! I just found out about this, and I thought I'd share it with the group.

Viking Cylinders makes propane cylinders that are lighter weight then traditional tanks and supposedly safer to boot. They are corrosion proof, and have a visible propane level thanks to their semi-translucent exterior.



I just thought these seem really cool. Has anyone heard of or seen these before? What do we think?

edit: Here's a sales video I found:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc6qbDaSR5c

And a sorta review video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duZBgKppRBI

[Rickf1985]

I am pretty sure these were all recalled and on top of that it was done without reimbursement to the owners that already have them. You might want to do a bit of serious research on these. They may have come up with something new since I saw that but it was only a year ago.

[Oz]

Not all composite cylinders were recalled, only cylinders manufactured by the "Lite Cylinder Company" - not the Viking Company. 

From the US DOT identify exactly which ones:

http://www.phmsa.dot.gov/portal/site/PHMSA/menuitem.6f23687cf7b00b0f22e4c6962d9c8789/?vgnextoid=7c7384ae997be310VgnVCM100000d2c97898RCRD&vgnextchannel=d248724dd7d6c010VgnVCM10000080e8a8c0RCRD&vgnextfmt=print


Lite Cylinder Company became insolvent shortly thereafter.

Here's the message of the recall and insolvency of Lite Cylinder Company
http://www.sotar.com/lite-recall.html

There are no records of Viking tanks being recalled.


Another manufacturer to look at for composite LP tanks is "Trident"

[Lefty]

What Mark said..

[khantroll]

Viking also mentions it in their FAQ:

http://www.vikingcylinders.com/support/faq/

Apparently, cylinders made by their parent company were expressly excluded from the recall.